Remembering Who We Are
There has been a lot of attention paid to forgetting names in the national news. It is more important to remember who we are. When we...
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- Aug 7, 2023
Working Together as a Church
I have a children’s book that has a good message. It is about a farm that is a mess. The farmer doesn’t do all the things he was supposed...
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- Jun 5, 2023
2023 Bend Camp Meeting
Camp meeting is almost here but it is much more than an annual event. Camp meetings became a part of the American religious landscape...
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- Feb 6, 2023
A Year From Now
Years ago, when we still did charge conference at individual churches, we were asked to set goals for the coming year. If we were...
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- Dec 5, 2022
Why We Worship
We started a fire in the fireplace on a cold night recently. As the logs burned down, one piece of wood fell away from the heart of the...
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- Oct 4, 2022
When We Put Our Trust in God
A small group of five or six families gathered in New York before the Revolutionary war wanting to start the first Methodist chapel in...
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- Sep 2, 2022
Yes to Life
I have been listening to an audio book by Victor Frankl called “Yes to Life.” You may remember that Frankl was a psychologist who...
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- Aug 2, 2022
I'm Not Going Anywhere
There has been a lot of talk in the churches in the area about leaving the United Methodist Church. That will not be me. I have been...
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- Jul 8, 2022
Summer Story Time
Summer time is a good time for a story: There was an tribe that found it was required to move their village. The tribal leaders decided...
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- Apr 1, 2022
Celebrate Easter, Celebrate Life
At the Diamondback Jubilee there was no shortage of people at the snake area. We have a fascination with danger. We slow down to see car...
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- Oct 1, 2021
Feeling weary? Do good.
At the Pastor’s and Professionals’ Meeting in Austin this week, we talked about being weary. We were weary of having to take COVID into...
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- Jun 1, 2021
New "Normal" - More Faithful, Less Reactive
We have been in the pandemic for over a year now. We don’t like being in emergency mode for that long. We are willing to change our...
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